robodex2002


		Notes by SFRSA Mediamister Cliff Thompson
		AIBO K9's & my favorite robots pictures I took at the Expo - Forklift Robot, Dinosaur Robot, Guard Dog Robot & Robot Family. The full set of over 50 photos, which includes a subset numbered 50-56 that show many of the other machines in the Exhibitor Booth Glass Case Display Area that were NOT trotted out on the Megastage runway, as well as a subset numbered ~1 - ~4 that's a Thumbnail Directory into the catalog of photographs, is available for viewing in the San Francisco Robotics Society of America (SFRSA) Yahoo eGroups Files Area at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfrsa/files/ROBODEX2002/, which you can also navigate to from the SFRSA Home Page (http://www.robots.org/ > click "Discuss" button > click left frame "Files" link > click folder "ROBODEX2002" - in either case Yahoo may require you to secure (re-)join/login. >>> LATE ENTRY: HOAP (Humanoid for Open Architecture Platform) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfrsa/files/ROBODEX2002/Robodex2002-48.7.jpg http://www.robots.org/Robodex2002/Robodex2002-48.7.jpg (direct link to SFRSA Home Page copy) http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2001-0910-J-4.html?rn (Japanese page site - use Babelfish! ;) >>> LATE ENTRY: ROBO-ONE Worldwide first two foot walking robot grapple competition http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfrsa/files/ROBODEX2002/Robodex2002-48.8.jpg (Yahoo eGroups Files Area) http://www.robots.org/Robodex2002/Robodex2002-48.8.jpg (direct link to SFRSA Home Page copy) http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2002-0201-J-4.html?rn (Japanese page site - use Babelfish! ;) Here are some additional useful links: Thumbnail Directory for the collection of photographs http://www.robots.org/Robodex2002/Robodex2002-~1.jpg http://www.robots.org/Robodex2002/Robodex2002-~2.jpg http://www.robots.org/Robodex2002/Robodex2002-~3.jpg ROBODEX Webcast/Archive site http://www.robodex.org/e/live/ Japan's "PC Watch" did great coverage with stories & video on all the 'bots at the original ROBODEX & is continuing that tradition for ROBODEX 2002 - run the url's through the Alta Vista Babelfish Japanese-to-English Translator to get a rough description ;) Babelfish http://world.altavista.com/ PC Watch http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/link/robo02_i.htm http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0328/robodex4.htm http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0328/robodex3.htm http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0328/robodex2.htm CNET Japan has some interesting Robodex News websites in Japanese. You can run the url's through the Alta Vista Babelfish Translator to get a rough idea of what's happening ;) Babelfish http://world.altavista.com/ Japanese sites http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2002-0221-J-6.html?rn http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2002-0327-J-5.html http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2002-0327-J-4.html http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2001-1205-J-1.html?rn http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2002-0201-J-4.html?rn http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2001-1112-J-5.html?rn http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2001-1016-J-1.html?rn http://japan.cnet.com/News/Infostand/Item/2001-0910-J-4.html?rn English sites of interest http://www.robotory.com/ http://www.sony.com.au/aibo/about/article.cfm?articleid=1838 http://www.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/200203/02-0319E/ http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/Press/200203/02-0319/motion_a.html !!! NEWS FLASH!!! Moments after emailing the ROBODEX2002 SAYONARA message, the message below came in from Japan, from Fumihiko Abe (Handle-name is "Gromit"), who is our honorary Robotics Society of America (SFRSA) "mediameister " in Japan! Gromit attends the Live ROBODEX events in person, where he performs the role of videographer there - it was he who shot & generously provided the 1st footage we got of the original Sony SDR-3X at the 1st ROBODEX. Prior to ROBODEX2002 I emailed Gromit the note below, in the usual manner, taking each line of English, using the Alta Vista Babelfish Universal Translator to translate into Japanese characters (Katakana > 片仮名) , & pasting those right after each English statement - works effectively to the point that either of us, not knowing each other's language, can engage in robotics shop talk well enough to understand each other! As noted below, Fumihiko Abe has shot a ton of video which he is continuing to upload & share with us from his video clip storage site at http://www.feelaibo.com/ROBODEX2002_328/Movie/ Gromit, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! You are the SFRSA honorary Videographer Hero Worker of the Year! :) I added links to Gromit's clip directory to the ROBODEX2002 story on the SFRSA Home page. Original Note to Fumihiko Abe Dear Fumihiko Abe, 貴重なFumihiko Abe は, Hello. こんにちは。 I am Cliff Thompson 私は崖トムソンである (http://www.robots.org/images/CliffPhoto.JPG) I am from America, in California, in San Francisco. 私はアメリカから, サンフランシスコのカリフォルニアで, ある We have a Robot Club 私達にロボットクラブがある (http://www.robots.org) I run the AIBO section 私はAIBO セクションを動かす (http://www.robots.org/AIBO/index.htm) I saw your movie of SDR-3X from first ROBODEX 私は最初ROBODEX からのSDR-3X のあなたの映画を見た (http://www.robots.org/files.htm) I put copy of your movie on our robot club 私は私達のロボットクラブにあなたの映画のコピーを置いた (http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~winthrop/SFRSA/SDR-3X_PROMO.mpeg) Now I am watching webcast of ROBODEX2002 今私はROBODEX2002 のwebcast を見ている (http://www.robodex.org/e/live/) I was wondering if you are going to ROBODEX2002? あなたがROBODEX2002 へ行っているかどうか私は疑問に思っていたか. If you are going to ROBODEX2002, will you make any more movies and put them on web site? ROBODEX2002 へ行けば, あなたはもう映画を作り, web サイトに置くか. I have your old movie address 私はあなたの古い映画住所を有する (http://www2k.biglobe.ne.jp/~fuabe/AIBO/E/) I found a new movie address 私は新しい映画住所を見つけた (http://www.feelaibo.com/ROBODEX2002_328/Movie/ Many AIBO owners in the robot club would like to see your ROBODEX2002 movies ロボットクラブの多くのAIBO の所有者はあなたのROBODEX2002 映画を見ることを望む If you put movies on website, could you tell me the new web address? Website に映画を置いたら, あなたは私に新しい網の住所を言ってもよいか. Thank you, あなたに感謝しなさい, Cliff Thompson Mediameister, San Francisco Robotics Society of America (SFRSA) www.robots.org Founder, San Francisco Bay Area & Silicon Valley AIBO Club (SFBASVAC) www.robots.org/AIBO/ clifftrobot@attbi.com (650) 655-6695 (home/office)